What is it? As a follow-up to the Paris Agreement reached in 2015, the Canadian Electricity Association (CEA) published a paper in June of this year titled, Canadian Climate Action: Clean Power and Consensus Building. Its purpose is to inform and encourage industries and enterprises...

One of the top questions I get from my customers who routinely watch the Ontario electricity market (besides asking me for my crystal ball prediction for 2017 price performance!) is “What causes price volatility in Ontario”? This has been especially true over the last months. ...

Nearly a quarter million Canadians earn their own bread by working in the food and beverage industry. It’s the largest manufacturing employer in the country. Not surprisingly, many managers in this sector are as serious about taking wasted energy dollars off the table as they...

My colleague Natalie Manzarpour and I presented our seasonal market update webinar in early April. We had so much information to cover, we unfortunately couldn’t make it through the many questions we were asked. Let’s get to some of those questions from the webinar. The...

Two weeks ago, my colleague Natalie Manzarpour and I presented our Q1 Market Update Webinar. We discussed how electricity markets have been impacted by new factors affecting supply, and in turn have resulted in price spikes, volatility and increases year over year. A warm winter...

Sure, we all like to be unique, but following the leader makes sense with energy efficiency. We’ve all read the case studies about the benefits the leaders are achieving. Are you keeping up with best practices? Canadian organizations have been working hard on energy efficiency...

Do you ever wander through a home improvement store thinking, “hmm … I could do that.” You probably could. Likewise, you probably could do your own energy audit, too. We all enjoy seeing how the experts tile a bathroom or build the Sistine Chapel out...

On March 2, 2017, Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne announced sweeping changes to Ontario’s electricity sector, dubbed “The Fair Hydro Plan”. What does this new regulation mean for Ontario ratepayers, and who will reap the benefits? Let’s break it down.

GA consulting services are popping up left and right these days.The process of choosing the right consultant is one that needs to be carefully considered to ensure your company will reap the maximum benefit. We have some tips to help you.

Unity is what you get when all the energy generated by a power source is consumed by one or more loads (anything that runs on electricity). Unity also is known as a power factor of 1, and it doesn’t happen very often. We have some options for you to improve your power factor.